I am currently reading for a Ph.D., examining a series of prose pamphlets published in the reign of Elizabeth I of England. I avidly read Golden Age crime fiction. I also edit and index books for publishers.

Srijanee Roy

I registered for PhD and also joined the English department as UGC Junior Research Fellow in August, 2011. I am studying the postfeminist nuances in Indian chick lit and attempting to write a thesis on the same. Previously I attended Calcutta University: M.A. (2009) and B.A. (2007). Popular culture, Feminism and Postcolonialism are my areas of interest.

Subhasree Ghosh

I am reading the genre of the Short Story and its evolution in the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries with special reference to the short fiction of two major American writers, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway.

Aritra Chakraborti

I am working on pre-electronic mass media, with a special focus on street literature. I am a huge fan of the poetry of Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings and one day I hope to edit and publish an edition of her complete works.

Ruchira Mandal

Joined the M.Phil course in July, 2011 and joined as a UGC Junior Research Fellow on 22nd February, 2013.

I am attempting to write a thesis on the depiction of politics in fantasy literature, particularly in the works of J.R.R Tolkien, C. S Lewis, Christopher Paolini, Terry Pratchett and Samit Basu. Supervisor: Rimi B. Chatterjee

Areas of interest: Popular culture, fantasy, science fiction and postmodernism.